Gender Project, University of Maine Cooperative Extension

Upcoming Event:
The Eleanor Days
A Women's Leadership Retreat
June 2008

Related Programs and Resources

4-H & Youth Development
Child & Family Development
Living Well
Bryant Pond 4-H Camp and Learning Center (former Maine Conservation School)
Tanglewood 4-H Camp & Learning Center
Parenting information from eXtension
Publications

County Offices
Find out about workshops and demonstrations in your neighborhood and around the state.

The Gender Project
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
21 Bradeen Road, Suite 302
Springvale ME 04083
1-800-287-1535 (in Maine) or
207-324-2814
Fax: 207-324-0817
E-mail: genderproject@umext.maine.edu

The Gender Project gratefully acknowledges its supporters:
Maine Women's Fund
Maine Women's Health Campaign
The York County United Way

The Gender Project
...explores gender socialization and equity issues and helps young people get beyond the often unhelpful messages they receive about what it means to be male and female today.

Four girls talking As parents, teachers, coaches, and other adults supporting young people, our work is about supporting them to grow up with all the skills they will need to be happy, successful adults. And yet, we know that the socialization of girls and boys in our culture supports them and hurts them in different ways as they grow up.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension offers:

Community Programs and Professional Development Seminars on gender socialization and equity issues, raising daughters and supporting girls, raising sons and supporting boys, classroom strategies and activities to raise awareness of gender differences, advocating for equity issues, and more.
Community Video/Discussion Series: Videos include "Heroes: Growing Up Female and Strong," "Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls," "Tough Guise: Violence, Media and the Crisis in Masculinity," and "Killing Us Softly III: Advertising Images of Women."
Gender Project NEWS: Newsletter packet, including upcoming programs, articles and educational material, opportunities to network. Developed 4 to 6 times per year, no cost to subscribers.
Individual and Community Support for local efforts to organize educational meetings, discussion groups, staff development, and training.
Educational Materials and Video/Publications Lending Library, including articles, workshop materials, books and other publications, program and curriculum ideas, videos, bibliographies, and more.

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